Box Canyon Lodge Ouray

Box Canyon Lodge Ouray is located in Ouray, a small mountain town in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, often called 'the Switzerland of America' for its spectacular setting in a steep-walled glacial valley ringed by 4,000-metre peaks, hot spring-fed pools, and dramatic box canyon waterfalls that have made Ouray one of Colorado's most visually extraordinary destinations. The bicarbonate hot spring waters flow naturally at around 54°C from underground geothermal sources associated with the San Juan volcanic field, filling the lodge's rooftop pools with views of surrounding mountain cliffs that turn golden at sunset in a visual spectacle matched by few thermal destinations in North America. Ouray is also the undisputed ice climbing capital of the United States, with its famous Ouray Ice Park — a world-class artificial ice climbing venue created from natural hot spring water — attracting elite climbers from around the world each winter alongside hot spring bathers who come to warm up after scaling its frozen walls.